It isn't as if Florida has completely vanished from the basketball map since winning the second of back-to-back NCAA titles in 2007. Nevertheless, it has taken the Gators that long to regain the top ranking in the USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll.

Florida, which has won 19 in a row, received 24 of 32 first-place votes this week to replace Syracuse at the top. The Gators last held the No. 1 position in the regular season in the poll of Feb. 12, 2007. They lost at Vanderbilt that week and thus began their run through the NCAA tournament with the No. 3 ranking. Oh, by the way, the Gators are at Vandy on Tuesday night.

Unbeaten Wichita State, the only team still with a "0" in the loss column, moved up a spot to No. 2 and grabbed the remaining eight No.1 nods. Arizona is back up to No. 3 after a road sweep of Utah and Colorado. Defending NCAA champion Louisville is up to No. 4 after a big win at Cincinnati over the weekend, and Syracuse slid to No. 5 with their first two losses of the campaign.

Kansas climbed two spots to No. 6, edging ahead of Duke. The Blue Devils, despite their victory against the Orange, fell a spot to No. 7 as their week also included a loss to archrival North Carolina. Saint Louis continues to achieve new heights in the rankings with a two-notch gain to No. 8. Big East front-runners Villanova and Creighton were elevated two spots each to round out the top 10.

Stock up: Wisconsin. Much of the shuffling in the poll this week involved the volatile Big Ten. The Badgers continued their upward mobility this week with a four-place gain to No. 14, aided by a victory at Iowa.

Stock down: San Diego State. The Aztecs aren't the first team to feel the wrath of New Mexico in the hostile environs of The Pit. But their convincing loss sent them tumbling six positions and out of the top 10 to land at No. 13.

Stock up: Michigan. The Wolverines matched the Badgers for the biggest move of the week thanks to their takedown of Michigan State.

Stock down: Texas. The Longhorns also ran into a buzz saw on the road in the person of Kansas and took a matching six-spot plunge to No. 23.

Stock up: Ohio State. Climbing three places to No. 20 were the Buckeyes as the five ranked members of the B1G continued to beat each other up.